aero

Is there a way to programmatically invoke the Aera maximize effect using C or C++ for a specific window/window ID? For example: or (source: thebuzzmedia.com ) I am using a border-less Qt window and Qt has an API for getting the window ID. I want to programmatically trigger the windows effects without the known triggers. karlphillip I don't want to talk about every single detail involved in achieving this effect, not only there's a lot that goes on but you also mentioned you understand the logic to place the windows at their specific locations. In this answer I'll address what I believe are the

I wanted to add a nice shadow to my borderless form, and the best way I found to do it with minimal performance loss is to use DwmExtendFrameIntoClientArea . However, this seems to be causing Windows to draw a classic title bar over the window, but it is non-functional (ie. the glitch is merely graphical). This is the code I am using: int v = (int) DWMNCRENDERINGPOLICY.DWMNCRP_ENABLED; NativeApi.DwmSetWindowAttribute(Handle, DwmWindowAttribute.NCRENDERING_POLICY, ref v, sizeof(int)); int enable = 0; NativeApi.DwmSetWindowAttribute(Handle, DwmWindowAttribute.ALLOW_NCPAINT, ref enable, sizeof

I have looked everywhere to see how to use Aero in my program. I fail to find any C function that previews the windows behind your own, like File Explorer or any mainstream browser does on their title bars. Some programs fake it by just adding an image that looks like the Windows 7 title bar -- without Aero -- but I consider it kind of cheating. I found this code on the link below: [DllImport ("dwmapi.dll" Entry Point = "# 113", SetLastError = true)] internal static external DwmpActivateLivePreview uint (uint a, IntPtr b, uint c, uint d); [DllImport ("dwmapi.dll" Entry Point = "# 105",

In my application I have a form which I tweak by using the DWM API's method DwmExtendFrameIntoClientArea to extend the height of the Aero Glass Title Bar so that part of my form client area is drawn on the Aero frame. To achieve this effect, I also draw a black rectangle on the part of the client area which is 'over' the glass frame so that it appears transparent, as many online articles suggest. This worked pretty well under Windows Vista/Windows 7 but as I downloaded VS 2010 and used the .NET Framework 4.0 as my trarget framework to build my application, this approach no longer works. The

As a pet project, I've been playing with the concept of integrating Aero Glass effects into my SWT application. Łukasz Milewski has an excellent blog post explaining how this can be accomplished, which pretty much boils down to this: final Display display = new Display(); final Shell shell = new Shell(display); shell.setLayout(new FormLayout()); final MARGINS margins = new MARGINS(); margins.cyTopHeight = -1; final Composite c = new Composite(shell, SWT.NORMAL); c.setBackground(new Color(shell.getDisplay(), new RGB(0, 0, 0))); final FormData fd = new FormData(); fd.top = new FormAttachment(0,

I'm trying to create a borderless window in Qt on Windows which supports native features: aero snap, DWM resize and minimization, shake, etc. Like Office 2013 or Visual Studio 2012. But they are written in wpf. There are a lot of examples in wpf and pure WinApi, but I wasn't able to find any Qt example. Recently I've found Blizzard's Battle.net App( screenshot ). They are using QT 4.8.5 and their main window looks and behaves exactly as I want in my app. Does anyone know how to do that? Thanks for your help. PKE I've found a workaround for this problem. Instead of using Qt main window, i've